Title
The Casket, or Flowers of Literature, Wit and Sentiment
Coverage
Philadelphia
Publisher
Atkinson & Alexander
Date
January–November 1826
Subject
Volume 1, numbers 1–11
Description
In June 1824, Samuel C. Atkinson and Charles Alexander issued a small format periodical, The Casket, or Flowers of Literature, Wit & Sentiment, to provide “a choice collection of amusing articles.” In January 1826, it was resurrected as a magazine and soon became the most widely circulated monthly in America. The first issue featured an anonymous poem, later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, entitled “Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas or Santa Claus.”